Auto repair light



Dec. 18, 1928. 1,695,670

E. P. TABOR AUTO REPAIR LIGHT Filed Sept. 26, 1925 22 ,zwua z'abar Sumo do;

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UNITED STATES EDWARD I. TAIBOR, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

4 AUTO nnrnm LIGHT.

, Application filed September 26, 1925. Serial No. 58,853.

This invention aims to provide a lamp which may be used conveniently about an automobile, the lamp being so constructed that it will be held magnetically on any desired metal part of the automobile.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pro ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in longitudinal section, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a diagram showing the circuit; Figure 5 is a fragmental section taken through a portion of the reflector;

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a handle inthe form of a shell 1 having a convexed spherical terminal 2 provided with an elongated opening 3. The numeral 4 marks a tubular holder having a concaved end wall 5 adapted to slide over the outer sur- 1 face of the spherical part 2 of the shell 1, the

end wall 5 of the tubular holder 4 having a tubular neck 6 which is movable in the opening 3, the neck being supplied with a flange 7 retaining a concaved washer 8 in slidable contact with the inner surface of the part 2 of the shell 1.

On the outer end of the holder 4, a cupshaped reflector 9 is mounted, the reflector having a circumferential bead 10 within which is retained a strip 11, of wire or the like, formed at intervals into loops or seats 12 which extend outwardly through the bead 10.

The numeral 14 marks a lamp guard made up of crossed convexed resilient metal strips 15 having detachably interengaged seats 16 at their point of crossing, the ends 17 of the strips 15 being received removably in the loops 12.

Behind the guard 14 and within the reflector 9 is located an electric lamp 18, detachably mounted, in any common way, in a socket 19 Which islocated within the holder 4. The 1 lamp 18 cooperates with terminals 20 on' a partition 21 located within the holder 4, the terminals 20 being disposed within a circuit 22 which includes the winding 23 of an electro-magnet, the circuit 22 including, also, a battery 24 or other source of electrical energy on the car. In the circuit 22 is located a switch 25, of any desired construction, mounted on the shell 1, a tap 26 being taken off from the intermediate portion of the winding 23 of the electro-magnet, the construction being such that all of the winding 23, or a part thereof, depending upon the nature of the current supplied, may be used. The core of the electro-magnet is designated by the numeral 27 and is carriedby heads 28 and 29, the head 29 being located within the shell 1 near to the terminal 2 of the shell, and the head 28 being at the opposite end of the shell, the core 27 of the electro-magnet being exposed at that end of the shell.

It is obvious that by a proper manipulation of the switch 25, the lamp circuit 22 will be closed, the lamp being lighted and the electro-magnetbeing energized. When the magnet is energized, the device may be held on any metal part of a car by simply bringing the end of the core 27 into contact with such metal parts, the device being held in place magnetically.

The position of the holder 4 with respect to the shell 1 may be shifted, the holder 4 riding over the spherical terminal 2 of the shell 1, in a way which will be understood readily by those skilled in the art. Owing to the fact that an adjustment is possible between the holder 4 and the shell 1, the lamp 18 may be positioned conveniently with respect to the work. When it is desired to renew the lamp 18, the ends 17 of the guard strips 15 may be detached from the loops 12, whereupon the lamp 18 will become readily accessible.

What is claimed is In a light of the class described, a tubular lamp holder, a partition in the holder, a handle comprising a tubular shell provided with a convexed spherical terminal having an elongated opening, the holder having an end wall mounted to slide upon the outer surface of the aforesaid spherical'terminal, the said end wall being concaved, a terminal on the partition, a conductor extended through the ing a flange which retains and overlaps the neck and connected to the terminal, the afore washer, the partition 'bein located in fl'r said neck being mounted on the end Wall of of the neck and closing the neck as to 1 the holder and being movable in the opening, outer end of the holder.

8' a concaved washer on the neck and in slidable In testimony that I claim the foregoin engagement with the inner surface of the my own, I have hereto affixed my si ati convexed terminal of the shell, the neck hav- EDWARD P. TA O15 

